Sinclair (Upton) The Jungle, first edition, first issue, signed presentation inscription from...
Sinclair (Upton) The Jungle, first edition, first issue without worn type on copyright p., signed presentation inscription from the author "For Piers Posner when he grows up!" on front free endpaper, contemporary review loosely inserted, faint toning to gutter at preliminaries, else clean, original pictorial boards, spine fractionally sunned, spine tips and corners slightly rubbed, edges lightly toned, 8vo, New York, 1906. *** Sinclair's powerful exposure of the Chicago meat-packing industry. Inscribed to Piers Posner (b.1966), son of American poet and book collector David Louis Posner (1921-85).
Sinclair (Upton) The Jungle, first edition, first issue without worn type on copyright p., signed presentation inscription from the author "For Piers Posner when he grows up!" on front free endpaper, contemporary review loosely inserted, faint toning to gutter at preliminaries, else clean, original pictorial boards, spine fractionally sunned, spine tips and corners slightly rubbed, edges lightly toned, 8vo, New York, 1906. *** Sinclair's powerful exposure of the Chicago meat-packing industry. Inscribed to Piers Posner (b.1966), son of American poet and book collector David Louis Posner (1921-85).
